III.

ELIGIBILITY

1. Minimum requirements of admission shall be Intermediate (Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering, Pre-

Computer/General Science, Commerce and FA/F.Sc.) in Annual Examination 2023 or earlier upto 2021
or an equivalent qualification with at least 50% marks. This condition applies to all merit, self-finance
as well as reserved seats and specified quotas. However, the eligibility for B.E. (Agri.) degree program
shall be 60% marks in Intermediate (Pre-Engineering). Rural/Urban quota shall however strictly be
observed for reserved seats of various districts of Sindh Province.

2. Candidates appearing/passing Intermediate (Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering, Pre-Computer/General

Science, Humanities, Commerce, Arts & FA/FSc) in the supplementary Examination 2023 shall not be
eligible; however, candidates passed their Intermediate Science in supplementary examinations during
the years 2021, and 2022 will be considered for admissions.
3. Candidates with Intermediate:
At Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam-Main Campus
Degree Program Eligibility
Faculty of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences
1. DVM Intermediate Pre-Medical with at least 50% marks in annual
examination 2023 or earlier upto 2021.
2. BS in Poultry Science
3. BS in Fisheries & Aquaculture
4. BS in Dairy Technology
Faculty of Agricultural Engineering
1. B.E. (Agri.) Intermediate Pre-Engineering with at least 60% marks in annual
examinations 2023 or earlier upto 2021.
2. BS in Environmental Science Intermediate Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering & Pre-Computer /
General Science Groups with at least 50% in annual examination
2023 or earlier upto 2021 marks shall be eligible at the ratio of
50:40:10 (50% Pre-Medical, 40% Pre-Engineering & 10% Pre-
Computer / General Science)
3. BS in Agro-Industrial Engineering Intermediate Pre-Engineering/ Diploma of Associate Engineer
Technology (DAE) from any recognized Board of Technical Education in any
approved discipline (i.e., Civil, Electrical, Mechanical &
Chemical) with at least 50% marks in annual examination 2023
or earlier upto 2019 at the ratio of 50:50 (50% for Pre-
Engineering & 50% for DAE).
Faculty of Agricultural Social Sciences
1. B.Sc. (Agri.) Hons Intermediate Pre-Medical & Pre-Engineering Groups with at least
50% marks in annual examination 2023 or earlier upto 2021 at
the ratio of 80:20 (80% Pre-Engineering & 20% Pre-Medical).
2. BS in English (Language & Intermediate Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering, Humanities, Arts,
Literature) Commerce, FA/F.Sc. with at least 50% marks in annual
examinations 2023 or earlier upto 2021 at the ratio of 50:50 (50%
for Humanities, Commerce, Arts & FA/FSc and 50% for Pre-
Medical, Pre-Engineering / General Science Groups).
Faculty of Crop Production
1. B.Sc. (Agri.) Hons Intermediate Pre-Medical & Pre-Engineering Groups with at least
50% marks in annual examination 2023 or earlier upto 2021 at
the ratio of 80:20 (80% Pre-Medical & 20% Pre-Engineering).
Faculty of Crop Protection
1. B.Sc. (Agri.) Hons Intermediate Pre-Medical & Pre-Engineering Groups with at least
50% marks in annual examination 2023 or earlier upto 2021 at
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 the ratio of 80:20 (80% Pre-Medical & 20% Pre-Engineering).
Information Technology Center
1. BSIT Intermediate Pre-Computer/General Science Groups with at least
50% marks in annual examinations 2023 or earlier upto 2021 will
2. BS in Computer Science be given priority. However, for vacant seat(s), Pre-
Engineering/Pre-Medical groups shall be eligible at the ratio of
3. BS in Software Engineering 80:20 (80% Pre-Engineering, 20% Pre-Medical).
Institute of Food Sciences & Technology
1. B.Sc. (Hons) in Food Sciences & Intermediate Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering & Pre-Computer /
Technology General Science groups with at least 50% marks in annual
examinations 2023 or earlier upto 2021 at the ratio of 65:30:05
(65% Pre-Medical, 30% Pre-Engineering & 05% Pre-Computer /
General Science)
At Shaheed Z. A. Bhutto Agricultural College, Dokri
1. B.Sc. (Agri.) Hons Intermediate Pre-Medical & Pre-Engineering Groups with at least
50% marks in annual examination 2023 or earlier upto 2021 at
the ratio of 80:20 (80% Pre-Medical & 20% Pre-Engineering).
At Khairpur College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology (KCAET)
1. B.E. (Agri.) Intermediate Pre-Engineering with at least 60% marks in annual
examinations 2023 or earlier upto 2021.
2. B.Sc. (Hons) in Food Science & Intermediate Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering & Pre-Computer /
Technology General Science groups with at least 50% marks in annual
examinations 2023 or earlier upto 2021 at the ratio of 65:30:05
(65% Pre-Medical, 30% Pre-Engineering & 05% Pre-Computer /
General Science)
3. B.Sc. (Agri.) Hons in Biotechnology Intermediate Pre-Medical & Pre-Engineering Groups with at least
50% marks in annual examination 2023 or earlier upto 2021 at
the ratio of 80:20 (80% Pre-Medical & 20% Pre-Engineering).
4. BS in Software Engineering Intermediate Pre-Computer/General Science Groups with at least
50% marks in annual examinations 2023 or earlier upto 2021 will
be given priority. However, for vacant seat(s), Pre-
Engineering/Pre-Medical groups shall be eligible at the ratio of
80:20 (80% Pre-Engineering, 20% Pre-Medical).
At Sindh Agriculture University Campus, Umerkot
1. B.Sc. (Agri.) Hons Intermediate Pre-Medical & Pre-Engineering Groups with at least
50% marks in annual examination 2023 or earlier upto 2021 at
the ratio of 80:20 (80% Pre-Medical & 20% Pre-Engineering).
2. BSIT Intermediate Pre-Computer/General Science Groups with at least
50% marks in annual examinations 2023 or earlier upto 2021 will
be given priority. However, for vacant seat(s), Pre-
3. BS in Software Engineering Engineering/Pre-Medical groups shall be eligible at the ratio of
80:20 (80% Pre-Engineering, 20% Pre-Medical).
4. BS in English (Language & Intermediate Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering, Humanities, Arts,
Literature) Commerce, FA/F.Sc. with at least 50% marks in annual
examinations 2023 or earlier upto 2021 at the ratio of 50:50 (50%
for Humanities, Commerce, Arts & FA/FSc and 50% for Pre-
Medical, Pre-Engineering / Pre-Computer/General Science
Groups).

5. Admission of Sindh-domiciled candidates in various undergraduate degree programs including BS degree

programs shall be made according to district quota. The selection of candidates from district quota shall be
80% from rural and 20% from urban areas. Urban areas in each district/division will be confined to
Municipalities / Corporations as determined by the revenue department and the rest of the areas will be
considered rural. However, seats falling vacant either from rural or urban quota shall be filled within
district/division.
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6. Vacant seats from the quota of any one or more districts of a division shall be filled in from amongst
the remaining candidates of the other districts of that division in order of their merit. In all cases, 80:20
ratio (rural 80%: urban 20%) shall be maintained. However, the seats still falling vacant (either urban or
rural) shall be filled within division. Even after observing the above formulations, any seat falling
vacant shall be filled on an overall merit basis at provincial level.
7. In the case of marks being equal between two or more candidates, selection will be made based on
marks obtained in pre-admission test.
8. Admission of candidates from Baluchistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and AJK shall be
made on the recommendations of their respective Governments / Authorities in accordance with the
rules as laid down in the Admission Policy. The admission of such candidates shall be limited to the
number of seats allocated for that province. The direct application of candidates from FATA only shall
be entertained. The final merit of nominated candidates shall be determined by Sindh Agriculture
University Tandojam after adjusting Pre-Admission Entry Test marks/score.
9. Candidates from Baluchistan province shall be nominated by the Government of Baluchistan:
a. Candidates belonging to Baluchistan province and nominated by the Department of Livestock,
Government of Baluchistan shall be considered for admission against reserved seats in the Faculty
of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences. It is advisable that the nominating
department/agency should nominate atleast five candidates for each reserved seat (i.e., 30
candidates may be nominated against 6 six reserved seats). The final merit of nominated
candidates shall be determined by Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam after adjusting Pre-
Admission Entry Test marks/score.
b. Candidates belonging to Baluchistan province and nominated by the Department of Agriculture
Extension, Government of Baluchistan, shall be considered for admission against reserved seats in
the faculties of Crop Protection, Crop Production, Agricultural Social Sciences, Agricultural
Engineering, Information Technology Center, and Institute of Food Sciences & Technology. It is
advised that the nominating department should nominate at least five candidates for each reserved
seat (i.e., 200 candidates may be nominated against 40 reserved seats). The final merit of
nominated candidates shall be determined by Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam after
adjusting Pre-Admission Entry Test marks/score.
10. Nomination /replacement of candidates for admission against reserved seats made by the concerned
nominating department/agencies should be sent before commencement of Pre-Admission Entry Test,
otherwise the same shall not be entertained / accepted.
11. In case of reserved quota for Defense Personnel, the selection of nominees of GHQ, Rawalpindi and Naval
Headquarter, Islamabad shall be made at the ratio of 70:30 (70% for army/GHQ & 30% for Naval
Headquarter).
12. The candidates from Province of Punjab shall apply directly for their admission against reserved seats.
13. Real sons / daughters / brothers / sisters & Spouses of regular employees of Sindh Agriculture University
Tandojam/ Constituent college(s) / Campuses, shall be eligible to compete for the reserved seats, provided
that their parents should have 2 years of continuous regular service in the University (in-service, retired or
expired). However, preference shall be given to sons / daughters.
a) The 50% exemption from payment of fees shall only be allowed for Real Sons / Daughters / Brothers /
Sisters & Spouses of regular employees of Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam / Constituent
College(s) / Campuses, who will compete and select on District/other merit quota seats.
b) However, Real Sons / Daughters / Brothers / Sisters & Spouses of regular employees of Sindh
Agriculture University, Tandojam / Constituent College(s) / Campuses, who will compete and select on
reserved seats for Real Sons / Daughters / Brothers / Sisters & Spouses SAU Main Campus/Constituent
Colleges/SAU Campus, Umerkot Employees shall not be entitled to avail 50% exemption from payment
of fees.
14. Real Sons / Daughters / Brothers / Sisters of Graduate/Post Graduate Degree holders (Alumni) of defunct
King George-V institute of Agri. College and Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam who are not presently
employees of SAU, Tandojam, shall be eligible to compete against reserved seats of SAU Alumni. However,
they must be registered members of SAU Alumni Association.
15. The selection of candidates on sports quota shall be recommended for admission by the Selection Committee
to be constituted by the Vice Chancellor. However, these seats are reserved only for candidates domiciled of
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 various districts of Sindh Province. The candidates who have applied for admission and admitted under self-
finance scheme shall not be considered to compete for admission against sports quota seats.
16. In case the selection of candidates is made in the faculty other than the first choice of candidate(s) as per
earlier selection list, they shall have to seek registration by paying prescribed amount of fee, if they want to
be considered against waiting list and if they are interested to seek admission in discipline higher up in
preference order, failing which they shall lose their right of admission and they shall not be considered for
admission for the next selection list(s) even though they possess higher score of marks.
17. Candidate(s) desire to retain the discipline/faculty where he/she has been selected earlier, he/she may do so
by submitting handwritten application with fees of Rs. 200/- to be deposited in the university account
through bank challan within 07 (seven) days from the date of announcement of list positively to the Director,
Admissions (Undergraduate). If he/she failed to submit discipline/faculty retention application along with
paid challan of Rs. 200/- within stipulated time period in the office of the Director Admissions
(Undergraduate) and later he wants to retain his/her earlier selection, he/she shall pay penalty of Rs. 5000/-
through bank challan for retention of his/her earlier selection subject to availability of seat(s).
18. Candidate who is selected earlier on district/relevant quota/merit seat(s) in his/her lower choice, but he/she
gets admission in field of his/her upper/first choice under self-finance scheme by paying all required fees of
self-finance scheme, his/her merit status stands valid for selection/admission in upper choices on district
merit/other relevant quota seats in next selection list(s).
19. Any candidate who fails to give option of choices for his/ her selection as prescribed in the
registration/admission form, the selection of candidate will be made / determined by Admission Committee
in the faculty as deemed appropriate as per merit which shall be treated as final.
20. The candidate(s) who got admission by paying prescribed amount of fee against district/other relevant merit
quota seats and wants to get his/her provisional admission cancelled; he / she shall be entitled to get refund
of fee as per approved HEC policy duly adopted by Academic Council and Syndicate of this university as
detailed below:
Revised - National Level Fee-Refund Policy at Higher Education Institution of Pakistan.
% age of Tuition Fee Timeline For Semester/ Trimester System Timeline for Annual System
Up to 15th day of
Full (100%) Fee Refund Up to 7th day of commencement of classes
commencement of classes
From 8th – 15th day of commencement of From 16th – 30th day of
Half (50%) Fee Refund
classes commencement of classes
From 31st day of
No Fee (0%) Refund From 16th day of commencement of classes
commencement of classes
I. %age of fee shall be applicable on all components of fee, except for security and admission charges.
II. The timeline shall be calculated continuously, covering both weekdays and weekend.
21. There shall be no refund of self-finance fees after the admission process is over. However, if the
candidate gets admission earlier under the self-finance scheme but later, he / she is considered/allowed
admission on merit, he / she shall be entitled to get self-finance fee as well as extra / excess amount of
registration fees refunded.
22. All the candidates must produce marks certificates of S.S.C., H.S.C., Domicile, PRC, and other
required documents in original at the time of admission/registration which will be returned after
necessary verification except intermediate marks certificate.